Akhmat vs Fakel Prediction 18 August 2026
🔊 The two teams have already met in the RPL this season - a match a week ago ended 0:0. Their previous league meeting also finished with the same score. The intrigue now is whether the teams can score for the first time in three games, or whether fans watching the Russian Cup match are in for another goalless affair. Fakel, unlike Akhmat, are in a deep crisis, and the Grozny coaching staff must find a way to win.
Head-to-Head
📊 The teams have played 8 matches. These meetings have been fairly high-scoring, but the last two ended 0:0. On average, 3.13 goals are scored per game. Fakel lead on wins - 3 against 2, with the sides drawing three times.
Head-to-head statistics Akhmat - Fakel
Akhmat Grozny Team Overview
The Grozny side come into this Russian Cup match after an away defeat to Krasnodar (0:1). The visitors had 40% possession and had 9 shots, but failed to hit the target once. The approaches to goal were dangerous, though: by xG Akhmat came out ahead of their opponents - 1.16 against 1.03.
Stanislav Cherchesov's team continue to show quality football but so far cannot convert it into wins. In the Russian Cup there was another defeat to Krasnodar on penalties (1:1, 4:5 on penalties), and in the RPL a win has yet to come. Ahead is a match against Fakel, a side they have already played in the league, and now we will see whether any lessons were learned from that draw.
Match Results: Akhmat Grozny
Fakel Voronezh Team Overview
In the last RPL round, the Voronezh side played against CSKA and put in a decent performance. The motivation was there, but the quality wasn't enough. That led to a foul in their own penalty area and a spot kick, which Oblyakov converted confidently. Fakel left Moscow with a narrow 0:1 defeat. The team are currently bottom of the RPL.
Their Russian Cup campaign also got off to a poor start - they lost to Moscow's Dynamo (0:1), and that's where the problems with converting chances began. Fakel have now gone three games in a row without scoring. Over that run, defeats to CSKA and Dynamo, plus a goalless draw with Akhmat, offer little cause for optimism. The team have so far been unable to return to the scoring form they showed at the start of the season - goals in matches against Dynamo Makhachkala and Krasnodar.
Match Results: Fakel Voronezh
🟨 Yellow Cards Prediction
In two of the last four matches involving Fakel, four yellow cards were shown, and in Akhmat's most recent match - five. The uncompromising nature of both teams leads to fouls. Given the tension that will run throughout the match due to their poor recent runs, we go with total yellow cards over 3.5 at odds of 1.85*.
⚽️ Total Prediction
Akhmat have scored at home in 10 of their last 11 matches. Fakel cannot fully compete on two fronts, so they will field reserves in the Cup, with the main focus on the league. This gives Akhmat additional chances to score. We go with Akhmat to score at odds of 1.20*.
🚩 Corners Prediction
In the head-to-head match at the start of the RPL season, there were 14 corners combined. The trend for a high number of set pieces is present in other matches involving both teams as well. At least nine corners were taken in each of Fakel's last three matches. We go with total corners over 8.5 at 1.44*.
*Odds are indicative and may vary across different bookmakers.
⭐ Editor's Pick
Akhmat are not the kind of team right now that will tear apart a bottom-side side by a wide margin. The Grozny club have their own problems in play. Fakel have not lost by more than one goal away from home in 13 of their last 14 matches and in ten consecutive matches across all competitions. So a one-goal home win looks like the most likely outcome. We're going with Fakel with handicap (+1.5). Predicted score - 1:0.
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